Amman, Aug. 10 (Petra) -- The Prime Minister’s Office announced on Monday that a Cabinet reshuffle in Prime Minister Jafar Hassan’s government will be limited and comes in fulfillment of a constitutional requirement following the merger of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research into the "Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development." The office told the Jordan News Agency (Petra) that the reshuffle will include the appointment of two deputy prime ministers to strengthen and empower the Economic Modernization and Services committees, giving them greater capacity to follow up on portfolios and projects and accelerate the pace of work and implementation.

The office added that the government’s priority at this stage is to move forward with implementing major national projects that are essential to the Kingdom’s development and economy, cannot afford delays, and require the relevant ministers to continue overseeing their completion. The same applies to draft laws and legislation that serve the political, economic, and administrative modernization tracks.

The prime minister, it explained, is seeking to establish a different approach to managing the government team, based on accumulated experience and cohesion among its members. The office noted that the prime minister has not brought a new minister into his government since the first reshuffle during the government’s first year, reflecting an approach aimed at maintaining the team’s stability and giving its members sufficient time to work and assume responsibility for the portfolios entrusted to them.

//Petra// AO